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令和5年10月1日

人物についての説明文

※過去の長野県の公立高校入試問題を参考に作られています。

次の英文は、カリフォルニア(California)の自然(nature)を守る活動を続け、アメリカの国立公園(National Park)制度に大きな影響を与えた、スコットランド(Scotland)出身のジョン・ミューア(John Muir)について書かれたものです。英文を読んで、各問いに答えなさい。

  There is a mountain road through the National Parks in California. It is about 340 km long. You can enjoy seeing wild flowers and animals, or *go trekking there. This road is called the John Muir *Trail. John Muir is a man called the Father of the National Parks.

  Muir was born in a small town in Scotland in 1838. When he was a little boy, his *grandfather often took him to the beaches and the fields. Muir really liked to see fish, flowers, and birds. He became a boy who loved to play in the field and tried to know everything about nature. His family came to America in 1849. Everything he saw was ①(  ) and interesting. Seeing wild birds and animals was so exciting for him. ②(fun/lot/to/a/it/play/was/of) and walk around in the fields. After he became a *college student, he started traveling around the mountains in America and Canada. He studied trees and flowers.

  When Muir was 37 years old, he went trekking through the forests in California. ③He saw that many big trees called *Sequoias were cut down for *lumber. Some of them were more than 1,000 years old. He wanted to stop the *destruction of the forests and wrote an *article in a *newspaper. The people who read it were also very surprised because they didn't know the forests were in danger.

  Later Muir wrote many articles about making new National Parks, and his ideas became popular in America. Muir's ideas were like this:

  Coming into nature and enjoying it is the first step when we save nature. The people who understand nature will have ideas to save it. *Anyone can come into the Park and enjoy nature under the *control of *the govenment. The government should have workers who *take care of nature and teach people about nature.

  There were people who didn't like these ideas. Some of them got much money from trees in the forests. But his ideas *had an influence on many people. The people who *agreed with Muir wrote letters to the government. In 1890, three National Parks *based on Muir's ideas were born. Nature has ④(give) us many things and has made us happy.

  In his book Muir says like this, "Enjoying nature is as important as eating food." We can't live without nature. Let's think about the things we can do for nature.

(注)*go trekking 徒歩旅行をする   
trail 遊歩道   
grandfather 祖父   college 大学
Sequoia(s) セコイア杉   lumber 木材   
destruction 破壊   article(s) 記事
newspaper 新聞   anyone 誰でも   
control 管理   the government 政府
take care of ~ ~の世話をする   
have(had) an influence on ~ ~に影響を与える
agree(d) with ~ ~に賛成する   
based on ~ ~にもとづいた

(1)下線部①の(  )内に入る最も適切な語を、次のア~エから1つ選び、記号を書きなさい。(全角のカタカナで入力すること)

ア easy   イ cold   
ウ short   エ new

(2)下線部②が意味の通る英文になるように、(  )内の8語を並べかえて書きなさい。ただし、文頭にくる語は大文字で始めなさい。(並べかえる部分のみの入力でよい)

(3)下線部③のミューアの気持ちを次の英文で表すとき、(  )内に当てはまる最も適切な1語を本文中から抜き出して書きなさい。(半角のみで入力すること)

Muir was very (  ) to see many big trees called Sequoias were cut down for lumber.

(4)下線部④の(  )内の語を、最も適切な形になおして、1語で書きなさい。(半角のみで入力すること)

(5)本文の内容について、次の(a),(b)の質問に英語で答えなさい。答えは(  )に1語ずつ書きなさい。(b)の答えは、本文中からミューアの考えが最もよくあらわれている部分を、1か所抜き出して書きなさい。(半角のみで入力すること)

(a) Was Muir interested in nature when he was a child?
― (  ), he (  ).

(b) What is the first step when we save nature?
― (  ) (  ) (  ) (  ) (  ) (  ) is.

(6)本文の話の流れに合うように、次のア~カを本文に書かれている順番に並べかえて、左から順番に記号を書きなさい。ただし、4番目の記号はオです。(全角のカタカナのみ入力すること)

ア We need to think about the things we can do to save nature now.
イ Muir liked to see wild birds and animals when he was a boy.
ウ The people asked the government to make new National Parks.
エ Muir wrote an article in a newspaper to save big trees in the forests.
オ Muir's ideas about National Parks became popular in America.
カ In California there is a mountain road called the John Muir Trail.

→オ→

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令和5年6月30日

受け身の文

※(  )内の高校の入試問題で出題された問題です。(半角のみで入力すること)

次の各組の文がほぼ同じ意味になるように、(  )に適する語を1語ずつ入れなさい。

(1)(東京・頴明館)

We clean our classroom every day.
Our classroom (  ) (  ) every day.

(2)(高知学芸)

More people study Japanese in Australia.
Japanese (  ) (  ) (  ) more people in Australia.

(3)(茨城・茗溪学園)

Did Soseki write this book?
(  ) this book (  ) (  ) Soseki?

(4)(広島・近畿大福山)

We didn't sing that song yesterday.
That song (  ) (  ) by us yesterday.

(5)(京都・大谷)

This book was interesting to me.
I was (  ) (  ) this book.

(6)(大阪・賢明学院)

We make grapes into wine.
Wine is (  ) (  ) grapes.

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令和5年3月23日

複数形や過去形の発音

※(  )内の高校の入試問題で出題された問題です。(カタカナは全角で、数字は半角で入力すること)

次のそれぞれの問いに答えなさい。

(1)下線部の発音が見出し語と同じものを、ア~エから1つずつ選びなさい。

① (千葉・昭和学院)
desks
ア classes   イ cups   
ウ chairs   エ tables

② (愛知・東邦)
laughed
ア listened   イ studied   
ウ wanted   エ thanked

(2)次の各組で、下線部の発音が他の3語と異なる1語を選び、記号で答えなさい。

① (福島・日本大学東北)
ア boxes   イ buses   
ウ goes   エ watches

② (埼玉・城西大付川越)
ア cooked   イ helped   
ウ liked   エ waited

(3)次の英文の下線部の単語は、時の表し方が間違っている。正しい形にした場合に、最後の音が他のどれとも異なるものが3つある。その3つを番号で答えなさい。
(福岡・久留米大附設)


1.I pick up a piece of money on the street yesterday.
2.He flies from Tokyo to Fukuoka three days ago.
3.She shakes hands with Tom when she met him for the first time.
4.Tom watches TV the day before yesterday.
5.I remember I catch butterflies in my childhood.
6.I pass the exam when I was a student.
7.I like him once.
8.The students stop talking as soon as the teacher came in.
9.Yesterday I refuse to do what I was told to do.
10.I miss the bus since I overslept.

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令和4年12月16日

時間・天気・距離の表し方

※(  )内の高校の入試問題で出題された問題です。(すべて半角のみで入力すること)

次のそれぞれの問いに答えなさい。

(1)次の(  )内の語を並べかえて、意味のとおる英文をつくりなさい。ただし、文頭にくる語も小文字にしてある。

① (very/in/is/cold/it) this room.
(青森県公立高校入試)


this room.

② What (you/go/time/usually/do) to school?
(秋田県公立高校入試)


What to school?

(2)日本語が与えられているものはその意味をあらわす英文になるように、与えられていないものは意味が通る英文になるように、(  )に1語ずつ入れなさい。

① (広島・近畿大附福山)
A:(  ) day of the (  ) is it today?
B:It's Friday.

② (大阪学院大学高)
ここから駅までどのくらい距離がありますか。
How (  ) is (  ) from here to the station?

(3)次の2つの文がほぼ同じ意味になるように、(  )に適する語を1語ずつ入れなさい。
(東京・桜美林)


Do you have much snow in winter here?
(  ) (  ) (  ) much in winter here?

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令和4年9月25日

語の意味の推測

※奈良県の天理高校の入試問題です。

次の文章を読んで、後の問いに答えなさい。

  An old woman and her *grandson lived in a small town. The grandson had a lot of *brightfreckles all over his face.

  One day, they spent the afternoon at the zoo. *While walking around *looking at different kinds of animals, they *saw a lot of children *waiting in line in front of the special event tent.

  The little boy asked one of the girls in line what they were waiting for. She told him that they were there to *get their cheeks painted by a local artist. The artist would draw children's favorite animals on their cheeks.

  "You've got so many freckles on your face. There's no place to paint anything on your cheeks!!" the girl in line said to the little boy.

  The little boy was ( ② ) and looked down. His grandmother *knelt down next to him. "I love your freckles. When I was a little girl, I always wanted freckles," she said, *while gently touching the boy's cheek. "The artist can draw a nice *leopard on your cheek. *Besides, freckles are wonderful."

  The little boy looked up and said, "Really?" "Of course," said the grandmother. "③Can you tell [thing/me/than/one/cooler/that's] freckles?"

  The little boy thought for a moment, carefully looked at his grandma's face, and *softly said to her, "④Wrinkles."

grandson:男の孫   bright:目立つ
While walking=While they were walking
looking at ~:~を見ながら
see A ~ing:Aが~しているのを見かける
wait in line:一列に並んで待つ
get one's cheeks painted:頬に絵を描いてもらう
knelt down:膝をついた
while gently touching:優しく~をさわりながら   
leopard:ヒョウ
besides:その上   softly:優しく

問1 下線部①の意味を本文から推測し、以下のア~エより選び、記号で答えなさい。(全角のカタカナで入力すること)

ア そばかす   イ 切り傷   
ウ まゆ毛   エ にきび

問2 ②の(  )に適するものを以下のア~エより選び、記号で答えなさい。(全角のカタカナで入力すること)

ア sleepy   イ excited   
ウ sad   エ glad

問3 下線部③の[  ]内の語句を並べかえ、英文を完成させなさい。(並べかえる部分のみを半角で入力すること)

問4 下線部④の意味を本文から推測し、以下のア~エより選び、記号で答えなさい。(全角のカタカナで入力すること)

ア 白髪   イ 眼鏡   
ウ しわ   エ ひげ

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